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P. J. PEFLEY.

RIDING SADDLE.

No. 370,208. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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PETER J. PEFLEY, OF BOISE CITY, IDAHO TERRITORY.

RIDING- SADDLE.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,208, datedSeptember 20, 1887.

Application filed June 28, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER J. PEFLEY, of Boise City, in the county of Adaand Terrilory of Idaho, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRiding-Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in saddles, and has for itsobject to provide a saddle adapted to any shape horse,and wherein one ortwo girths may be used to accurately fit the saddle, and wherein,further, the change may be made expeditiously and easily in anylocality, no matter how far from a habitation.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a saddle in which two girths aree1nployed,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in which a singlegirth is used.

In carrying out the invention, A represents a saddle-tree of the Spanishor Mexican pattern,provided with the usual horn,a. At the front of thesaddle-tree a heavy strap of leather, B, is secured below the horn,adapted to extend down upon each side of the tree, with an inclinationto the rear,and be secured thereto in any approved manner. The saidstrap Bis provided at each end with a more or less inclined essentiallyV-shaped recess, b, whereby two members,b and I), are produced, onemember being somewhat shorter than the other. To the end of the memberba ring, 0, is secured, either by rivets or lacing, the other memberbeing attached to one side of a more or less pear-shaped ring, 0, insimilar manner, and the two rings 0 O are united by a short narrowstrap, (1.

The seat D is made of a straight piece of leather attached in the usualmanner to the tree, and provided with a downwardly-projectingflap,d,integral with each forward end, which flaps are connected byrivets, lacing, or in any suitable manner, with the upper or reducedportion of the pear-shaped ring 0.

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1 The flaps are securely attached to the saddletree, as shown at e.

The cantle-jockey E is preferably secured to the rear portion of thetree by means of strong screws passing through said cantlejockey andtree, the heads whereof are hidden from view by the rosettes E.

The lower front ends,e, of the cantle jockey are made narrow andprojected forward, and attached in any approved manner to the rear sideof the pear-shaped rings 0. Thus the rings 0 are firmly held in positionby means of the members I) b of the front leather, B, the flap d of theseat, the extensions of the cantle-jockey, and the connecting-strap d.Near the forward longitudinal edges of the cantlejockey a lip, h, isformed, adapted to project downward, to which lip a third ring, C,similar to the ring 0, is attached.

To the girths M, adapted for attachment to the aforesaid rings 0, O, andC at their ends, upon one side, a convenient form of buckle, M, isattached, provided with outwardly-extending spaced lugs an, integralwith one longitudinal edge,the lugs upon one buckle having slots 'mcuttherein, and the opposinglugs of the other buckle being fitted withprojections m adapted at times to enter the afore said slots m.

The girths may be suspended from the rings 0, O, and G by means ofstraps N, passing through the rings and held in the buckles, as shown inFig. 1, or by lashes N, as shown in Fig. 2, passing through the ringsand buckles and knotted at the former.

In operation two girths are preferably emplo;'ed,suspended,respectively,from the rings 0 and 0 as shown in Fig. 1,although a third may be used, if found desirable.

In the event a single central girth is needed, the buckles of two girthsare by the projections m upon the lugs m, passing through the slots m,secured in position as shown in Fig.2, and the connected buckles andgirths suspended from the pear-shaped ring 0 by a lash, the girths beingheld in a fixed position side and side by one or more straps, 12.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the tree A, the

front strap, B, having bifurcated ends b' b, the i of the outer rings,00, the inner pear-shaped seat D, provided with flaps d, the cantlering,O,the girths M, having attached buckles jockey E having reduced ends 6and lips, h, M, each buckle having side lugs, m,the1ugs of :5 of therings C, O, and 0 the girths M, interone buckle provided with slots mand the 5 changeably suspended from one or more of other withprojections m and means of intersaid rings, and means of suspending thegirths changeably suspending said girths from one and uniting the same,substantially as herein or more of said rings, substantially as hereinshown and described; shown and described.

2. The combination, with the tree A, the PETER J. PEFLEY. 10 frontstrap, 13, having bifurcated ends b If, Witnesses:

the seat D, provided with flaps d, the cantle- HARLEN PEFL-EY,

jockey E, having reduced ends 6', and lips 71, J. G. SARGENT.

